A client wants me to clean up the audio on a .pls video file. I have never seen anything in this format, and nothing I have in my Mac arsenal will open it. Quicktime (with Perian) says it's not a movie file, MPEG Streamclip doesn't recognize it, VLC Player doesn't reject it but doesn't do anything useful with it, either.

I searched the net and found some conversion utilities that are Windows only, and the client is playing it under Vista (but who knows what program).

Anyone know how I can get a file that Quyicktimne will recognize so I can extract the audio?

Well, in Racer's defense, you did say "A client wants me to clean up the audio on a .pls video file."

My guess is it starts out 1.4GB but will swell in size once you start monkeying around with it. There are probably many utilities that can handle your client's .pns, or at least hijack the stream if you start playing the .pns. Do you have a friend with Windows on an Intel Mac? You'll probably want to find somebody who is comfortable going both ways -- I'm sure they'd be able to give you a hand.

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My guess is it starts out 1.4GB but will swell in size once you start monkeying around with it. There are probably many utilities that can handle your client's .pns, or at least hijack the stream if you start playing the .pns. Do you have a friend with Windows on an Intel Mac? You'll probably want to find somebody who is comfortable going both ways -- I'm sure they'd be able to give you a hand.

Is there any information in the text in the file header? Can you say what program created it? My typical quick resources had no references about this file type. Nvidia stereo 3D video?

This is the first link I found in a Google search that actually had the PNS extension listed on the page and seemed to be in English. Too bad it is more along the lines of what Mike Johnson posted about.
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Is there any information in the text in the file header? Can you say what program created it? My typical quick resources had no references about this file type. Nvidia stereo 3D video?

This is the first link I found in a Google search that actually had the PNS extension listed on the page and seemed to be in English. Too bad it is more along the lines of what Mike Johnson posted about.
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Well, if the client's audio sounds as bad as the audio in that link, I don't think I'll be able to clean it up to his satisfaction (i.e., legal forensics).

Maybe I'll load XP onto my Mc Pro and see if I can capture the audio that way- but getting back into a playable video is yet another question... unless I can convert it to a .mov file and then do all the work on the Mac side, where all my tools are...

My usual tact when presented with odd video file formats is to change the file extension to other known video file types and see what happens. For example, at the dawn of the 3gp era, a co-worker had a video file off his cell phone with a .bin extension. Not being a usual video file extension I tried others and was able to play video but no sound. As it turned out .3gp was the proper extension and I was able to play video and audio. So try it out and see what you get.

I do crime scene investigation and have a Video on a DVD supplied to me by the
DA.

This video has no sound., just video and it came on the DVD with a DX8000 Viewer exe., from Pelco Survalience Company and was taken at our local state prison.

I have found that the original tape is in there data base and can re-record a copy in a .avi file, but this was almost 2 years ago. i have emailed Pelco and have received no answer as of yet.

I am trying other Video conversion companies. So far, I have accociated the .pns file with - 1. Harvard Graphics 2. (3) Polaroid Palette Plus ColorKey drive 3. Pegasus Mail Formatted Signatures. It has some reference also to I think a .ppl extention.

First post here. I work on a military installation and we use the Pelco DX8000 system also for our Child development centers. when you export the video a player should come along with it in a Bin file. This proprietary player should allow playback. I couldn't use it on my NMCI seat BUT i was able to on my own computer when we had a request for video. I hope this helps.